Celebrate Washington’s 2026 FIRST Robotics World Qualifiers

ByCSTA Washington Staff
First Robotics

Robotics has a special place in Washington’s computer science education ecosystem.  Many computer science teachers also spend long hours advising their schools’ after-school robotics teams, and robotics (22.5%) is the second most frequent computer science course category after Core CS (45.2%)

With the robotics competition season wrapping up, student teams across Washington state have given computer science educators plenty to celebrate!  These competitions offer a massive proving ground for K-12 computer science standards—specifically in algorithms, data tracking, and hardware-software integration.

Following a highly competitive Pacific Northwest District Championship, Washington’s top teams qualified to travel to Houston, Texas, from April 29 to May 2 to compete in the FIRST Robotics World Championships.   Special congratulations to Tahoma Senior High School (Team 2046 – Bear Metal) and Henry M. Jackson High School (Team 2910 – Jack in the Bot), who were two of the five teams making it to the World Championship Finals:

  • Tahoma Senior High School (Maple Valley) | Team 2046 – Bear Metal (World Championship Finalist)
  • Henry M. Jackson High School (Mill Creek) | Team 2910 – Jack in the Bot (World Championship Finalist)
  • Newport High School (Bellevue) | Team 948 – NRG / Newport Robotics Group
  • Bellarmine Preparatory School (Tacoma) | Team 360 – The Revolution
  • Sammamish High School (Bellevue) | Team 2412 – Robototes
  • Sammamish Family/Community | Team 9023 – Future Martians
  • Bainbridge High School (Bainbridge Island) | Team 4915 – Spartronics
  • Lynnwood High School (Lynnwood) | Team 2522 – Royal Robotics
  • Skyview High School (Vancouver) | Team 2811 – StormBots
  • Cedarcrest High School (Duvall) | Team 4089  – Stealth Robotics
  • Mercer Island High School (Mercer Island) | Team 5937 – MI Robotics
  • Thomas Jefferson High School (Federal Way) | Team 4469 – R.A.I.D. (Raider Artificial Intelligence Division)
  • Woodinville High School (Woodinville) | Team 9450 – Velocity Raptors
  • Capital High School / Avanti High School / Olympia High School (Olympia) | Team 4450 – Olympia Robotics Federation

The full list of qualifying teams from the Pacific Northwest may be found here.  The full list of awards from the 2026 FIRST Championship may be found here

Congratulations to all the educators, mentors, and students who dedicated countless after-school hours to representing Washington State so brilliantly on the world stage!

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